Device for loading firearms



1.. ORLANDO 1,812,363

DEVICE FOR LOADING FIREARMS Filed Jan. 5, 1930 3 Sheets-Shee 1 Fig, 2

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DEVICE FOR LOADING FIREARMS Filed Jan. 5, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet s PatentedJune 30, 1931 S' 'I A'F 1,s12,3ea

PATENT enies LUIGI ORLAN I JO, OF MILAN, ITALY, ASSIGN'OE'; IVIESN EASSIGNMENTS;- TO' METAL- LU'RGIGA BRESGIANA? GIA TEMPINL- OFFIUMEGRANDE, BREESGIA, ITALY, A COM- 1 A1vY- oF- ITALY DEVICE nonLOADING FIREARM-s Application filed January 1930,.Seria1'No..41'8,-270,r and in Italy November 22, 1929.

This invention relatesto devices for loadin'g'fire arms, moreparticularly of the light machine gun" type; by which it is possible tofeed" cartridges to said arms in av simple,

5 rapid and economic. manner.

, The device comprises a magazine of any type suited to the arm inconnection with which it is to be used and provided with a springlifterfOr'f the cartridges. Its character'istic feature is that themagazine is split in a longitudinal direction from its mouth to near itsbottom and is so shaped thatthe two parts s'eparated by saidlongitudinal cut may recede' at" will from each other to the necessaryextent for introducing through the mouth into'the magazine a; fillercontaining the cartridges and thereupon be drawn again'towards each"other'so as to re-close the magazine body or box and retain the car- 2fridges in the magazine when the filleris removed. H 7

Another object of the invention is to providea magazinein' which the twoparts separated by the longitudinalcut tend to come by elasticity intothe open position which permits the introduction of the filler, anda-slider mounted for displacement in suitable magazine guides holds thetwo parts close together and'thus the magazine body closedwhe'n it isbrought into its position nearest to the mouth, while it allows themagazine to-j open for introducing the filler when" it' is brought inproximity to-the' bottom of the" magazine.

The fillers may be' of any suitable type accordingv to the arm andmagazine in use and-contain cartridges on one or twoirows; in practicethey" are"manufa'ctured by the same fire arm factory andth'usdistributed-to 40 the gunners. The magazine may 'be detached fromthe arm for loading butfit is obvious that it can also be hinged to thislatter by one of the two parts into which it is sub-divided by thelongitudinal out or in any other suit-able manner, without departingfrom the spirit of this invention.

The accompanying drawings shows by way of example an improvedmagazineaccording to this invention.

Figure 1 is a cross sectional View of the p agazine body closed in itsoperative posi- Figure 2 is a cross sectional view thereof with openbody for loading by means of a filler also" partly shown.

Figures 3 and 4 area side'view and rear view, respectively, with closedmagazine dya,

Figures 5 and 6 are a horizontal section and longitudinal section,respectively, also with closed magazine.

Figure 7 is a partialsideview'oli the magazine and a filler in positionready for'loadingl l Vith reference to thedrawings, them-agazine issubdivided into two parts 1 and 1 in C5 the longitudinal direction by aout which in the example shown is formed" by: acut s, made on the backportion and-by an opening -S on the front-face; both extending from thelips 2 into proximity to'th'e bottom3 In the construction shown themagazineis wholly open on it's frontfacefrom the lips into proximityto-the bottom and the bullets wholly project from the magazine,the sidewalls whereof are formed with-a constricted portion t'to'correspondwith-the neck po'r'- tion of the cartridge case in order to hold-thecartridges in position. r

i 5 denotes the cartridge lifter and 6 the spring thereof. 7 denotes theslidermovable on the' guide ribs 8 formed on the back portion of themagazine.

I W hen the slider? is in its position nearest to'the lifts 2 ("shown inFigs.- 1 l 5' and (3) the magazine body is" rigidly closed as in a s5usual'magazine and'theref-ore its worl'zing' is vasreliable asthat-of a:magazine with undivided body. i

lVhen the slider is displaced towards 'th'e bottom" 3 into thefpositionshown in- Fig. 2, to

the two parts 1 and 1g'intO"VVhiCh the magazine is subdivided by thelongitudinal cut ''s S+'- open-by elasticity being nolonge'r held closedby the slider (see Fig. 2) andthe distance between the edges of thelipsQ is such that the branches 8 -8 of the filler can freely beintroduced for loading. The filler is inserted between the'lips 2 and;pushed fully into the magazine pressing back the lifter 5" against theaction: of the spring a an hen the last cartridges of the filler areunderneath the edge of the lips 2, i. e. the filler is whollyintroduced, the slider 7 is displaced towards thelips 2 and brought intothe position shown in Fig. 1. The two halves l and 1 of the magazinebody are thus brought close to each other and the lips 2 come over thecartridges passing between the branches 8 and 8 (Fig. 7) of the filler.When removing the filler the cartridges are prevented for slipping outby the lips 2, while the branches 8 and 8 are freely withdrawn bypulling a handle with which the filler is provided.

It is obvious that the branch 8 of the filler instead of extending onlya short distance corresponding with the cartridge neck portion as shownin Fig. 7 may extend further in order to surround the bullets of the twocartridge rows, as shown in Fig. 2, exactly like the rear branch 8 whichsurrounds the caps of the two cartridge rows.

The magazine may be of any suitable form and size and contain one ormore rows of cartridges and its lifter can be guided through pins orother extensions in slots on the side walls of the magazine body inorder to prevent its falling to the outside when the magazine body isopened for its loading, without departing from the spi it of thisinvention.

What I claim is:

1. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridgemagazine having in its middle plane parallel to the cartridge axis alongitudinal cut extending from the cartridge inlet mouth into proximityto the bottom dividing the magazine into two integral resilient parts,which receoe from each other when a cartridge filler is introduced intothe magazine and automatically. close onto the filled in cartridges whenthe filler is withdrawn.

2. A loading device for fire arms compris ing a box-shaped magazinewhich is subdivided by a longitudinal out along the axial plane parallelto the cartridge axis extending from the cartridge inletmouth intoproximity to the bottom into two lateral parts which tend to recede fromeach other, a slider movable on guides on said lateral parts and adaptedto bring the latter close together when it is displaced towards themouth and a filler formed in such manner that it can be introducedfilled with cartridges into the magazine when the lateral parts arebrought apart and extracted in an empty condition when said lateralparts of the magazine are brought together by the displacement of saidslider.

3. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped magazine whichis subdivided by a longitudinal out along the plane parallel to thecartridge axis extending from the cartridge inlet mouth into proximityto the bottom into two lateral parts which may to recede from each otherfor filling in the cartridges and a filler filled with cartridges formedin such manner that it can be introduced into the magazine when it isfilled with cartridges by moving apart said lateral portion and can beextracted in an empty condition when said lateral parts of the magazinehave closed over the cartridge rows in the filler.

4. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridgemagazine open on its front wall along which the adjacent edges of themagazine sides are depressed for applying them against the cartridgeneck portion, the rear wall of said magazine being subdivided by a cutextending from the inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom of themagazine body, guide ribs extending laterally from said rear wall,,aslider movable on said guide ribs and adapted to hold the sides close toeach other when it is displaced towards the magazine inlet month, saidsides being automatically drawn apart by elasticity when the slider isdisplaced towards the bottom of the magazine.

5. A loading device for fire arms comprising a box-shaped cartridgemagazine open on its front wall along which the adjacent edges of themagazine sides are depressed for applying them against the cartrid eneck portion, the rear wall of said magazine being subdivided by a cutextending from the inlet mouth into proximity to the bottom of themagazine body, guide ribs extending laterally from said rear wall, aslider movable on said guide ribs and adapted to hold the said sidesclose to each other when it is displaced towards the magazine inletmouth, said sides being automatically drawn apart by. elasticity, whenthe slider is displaced towards the bottom of the magazine, cartridgeretaining lips limited to the central portion of the inlet mouth, afiller consisting of a front and rear branch supporting the cartridgescapable of being introduced filled with cartridges into the magazine,when said sides are drawn apart in order to clear the cartridge rowsbetween said retaining lips, said retaining lips closing over thecartridge rows through the displacement of said slider towards the inletmouth, after which said filler can be removed from the magazine in anempty condition.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, 1 have signedmy name.

LUIGI ORLANDO.

